New Delhi, Feb 9 (KNN) The Ministry of Textiles is holding a stakeholders’ meet of silk industry to seek inputs for the National Textile Policy, which is under finalization.

The meeting will be held on February 10, 2017 in the national capital in which other concerned Ministries would also participate.

The meet is being held at Constitution Club of India, New Delhi, and will be attended by nearly 150 delegates including seri-farmers, seed cocoon growers, Chawki rearing centres, reelers, Automatic Reeling Machine entrepreneurs, retailers and exporters (both form Mulberry and Vanya sectors), besides senior officers from various union ministries, State Sericulture Departments, Bankers, CSB, NABARD, NIFT & NID.

The meet is being organized by the Central Silk Board and will deliberate on the present status, plans, programmes and challenges ahead in the silk sector, and inter-ministerial issues, in order to bring about better synergy to ensure sustained development of the Indian silk industry. It is expected that the outcome of the Stakeholders’ meet will provide useful inputs for the National Textile Policy, which is under finalization.

Union Textiles Minister Smriti Zubin Irani will preside over the meeting. Minister of State, Textiles, Ajay Tamta; Secretary, Textiles, Rashmi Verma and Chairman, Central Silk Board, K.M. Hanumantharayappa will be present at the Meeting.

Union Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley; Union Minister of Agriculture, Radha Mohan Singh; Union Minister for Science & Technology, Dr. Harsh Vardhan; Union Minister for Rural Development, Panchayat Raj and Drinking Water & Sanitation, Narendra Singh Tomar; and Union Minister of State (I/C), Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Anil Madhav Dave have been invited to grace the occasion.

Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Bhagalpur, Bihar, Ashwini Kumar Choubey; Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Gorantla, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, Nimmala Kristappa; Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Mysuru, Pratap Simha; Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Akola, Maharashtra, Sanjay Dattray; and Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Mangaldoi, Assam, Ramen Deka, are also expected to participate.